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Sunday 29 October 2017 9:57pm
Cairns, Australia : Mate Ma’a Tonga thrashed Scotland 50 - 4, scoring 9 tries. The big win is an excellent start for the Mate Ma’a Tonga in their opening game of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Mate Ma’a Tonga will face Toa Samoa on Saturday, November 4.
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Sunday 29 October 2017 12:19pm
New York, USA : For the last 40 years, China has implemented a national strategy that, despite its many twists and turns, has produced the economic and political juggernaut we see today. It would be reckless to assume, as many still do in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, that China’s transition to global preeminence will somehow simply implode, under the weight of the political and economic contradictions they believe to be inherent to the Chinese model. ...When China does become the world’s largest economy over the next decade, the current rule-based international order will not remain immune from this fundamental geo-economic and geopolitical change....To believe otherwise is willfully to ignore the deep changes that are now afoot. By Kevin Rudd -
Friday 27 October 2017 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : World Maritime Day was marked in Tonga today with a campaign for safety at sea. Ships and boats cruised on the Nuku’alofa waterfront urginf maritime stakeholders to be well-prepared, ready and safe at sea. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2017 5:22pm
Suva, Fiji : With the intensity of disasters increasing in the Pacific region, the risk of gender based violence in emergencies (GBViE) for women and children is also increasing, said Ms Shamima Ali, Coordinator of the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) at a five day Pacific Regional Workshop on GBViE this week, 23-27 October, in Suva, Fiji. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2017 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI and HM Queen Nanasipau’u this week attended the funeral of the late King of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last year at the age of 88. The late King was cremated last night, 26 October, after a funeral procession through the Thai capital, Bangkok. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2017 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 37-year-old man lost five teeth in an alleged assault at Dupincia Bar in Ma'ufanga on October 18. Premium content -
Friday 27 October 2017 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three robberies at various homes in Tongatapu have targeted valuable Tongan mats, stolen by thieves who are still on the loose. Premium content -
Thursday 26 October 2017 9:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day workshop on "reporting for elections" was held this week ahead of Tonga's General Election on November 16. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 8:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga needs to elect the right people and voters need to carefully consider what type of candidate they want to vote into parliament, HRH Princess Pilolevu said this morning, in opening a National Dialogue on Democracy Symposium at the Fa'onelua Centre. "We utterly need to elect the right people. We need those that would not change their colours like an octopus," the Princess said.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 6:24pm
Beijing, China : A leading University in China, the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), last week officially launched a Tongan Language Program, the first of its kind to be offered by an education provider in China. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 5:21pm
Manila, Philippines : Urging countries to conserve and protect Blue Sharks, delegates from Samoa and Sri Lanka are defending the future of the migratory species at a conference on conserving wild animals held in Manila, Philippines from October 23-28. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 5:16pm
Wellington, New Zealand : MP Jenny Latu Salesa of the New Zealand Labour Party, will become the first Tongan-born New Zealand Cabinet Minister tomorrow October 26, when her party leader Jacinda Ardern assumes office as the newly elected Prime Minister of New Zealand, replacing the outgoing Prime Minister Bill English. Ardern announced her 21-member cabinet last Friday, including Jenny Salesa. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 10:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A "Tax Week" was held for the first time in Tongatapu on October 16-22, under the theme, Revenue From The Community, For The Community. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are seeking two men who committed armed robbery of a man of Asian origin at his home in Fasi on Sunday, October 15. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan heavyweight boxing prospect Junior Fa (Uaine Fa Jnr.) is scheduled to fight in the United States on 10 November in the City of Cleveland. He will face an undefeated U.S boxer, Fred Latham of Pittsburgh, who boasts a record of 9 wins and 2 draws. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More kava plants were reported to have been stolen from a plantation in Neiafu over the weekend, after kava was stolen at Vaimalo the previous week. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 62 kava plants worth $6,200 pa’anga were stolen from a plantation in Masilamea on October 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 3:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 27-year-old man has been charged with raping a 26-year-old woman alleged to have occurred at a bush allotment in Tokomololo, on October 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 3:28pm
Manila, Philippines : The Earth today is more than 1°C hotter than it was in pre-industrial times, and the terrible symptoms of its fever are already showing. This year alone, back-to-back hurricanes have devastated Caribbean islands, monsoon flooding has displaced tens of millions in South Asia, and fires have raged on nearly every continent. Pulling the planet back from the brink could not be more urgent. Those of us who live on the front lines of climate change – on archipelagos, small islands, coastal lowlands, and rapidly desertifying plains – can’t afford to wait and see what another degree of warming will bring. By Loren Legarda Premium content -
Monday 23 October 2017 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Vikilani from the Legislative Assembly confirmed this afternoon that they had nothing to do with the pollster statistics circulated from an email address called "falealea2017 @yahoo.com". He believed this anonymous group was just using the word Fale Alea (Parliament) as their name. Premium content
